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C2-Sunmday News, October 19, 1980

A girl with something to do

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all hyped up; you just want
to ride.”

Gina’s through with
jumping, at least for the’
present. Caper, she says, for
all his light-weight lankmess,
is still essentially a quarter
horse.

TOO HARD ON LEGS

“I don’t want to take him
over the fences any more
because it’s hard on his legs.
He’s so good on the fiat
work, it’s not worth taking
the chance he could break
down.”

Nor is she interested in
dressage, the very precise,
set routines exhibited at the
Olympics. “It's not really my
cup of tea. I think I'd prefer
to compete m the Worid
Championships in
Oklahoma.”

So Gina plans to stick with

the hacking. In this event,
the rider puts her horse
through the basic gai
walking, trotting, canterthg,
reverses, extensions,
collections.

Judging is based on the
horse's presentation, his
physical attributes, how he
handles gait changes and
how well he takes direction.

“The judges look for what
would be an ideal horse for
them to ride. What would be
pleasurable, easy to nde, fun
to ride,” says Gina.

At the International, Gina
entered seven’ classes,
winning five and- taking
second in one and third in
another. “I was really
surprised,” she said. “I didn't
expect to win anything.”

But mostly, Gina is very
happy to be back mding
again. “I missed it. It’s fun
and I really enjoy myself.”

As well, she says it keeps
her out of trouble. “So many
kids have nothing to do, no

SUPPORT WORKER KILLED

Avalanche defeats women climbers

KATMANDU, Nepal (UPB -
An avalanche killed a
support worker and forced
the first American ail-
women’s team to abandon its
attempt to climb the world’s
seventh highest mountain,

Nepal’s tourism ministry
said.

The nine-woman team,
which included’ eight

Americans and one Swiss,
called off its assault on
26,810-foot high Dhaulagin

after the avalanche killed |

Lunette Ruth Griffith, 27, an

Australian member of the :

support group. A _ plant
ecologist, she was from
Victoria, Australia.

The women were at-
tempting to scale the igloo
shaped moutain known as
the “Mountain of storms” via
an unclimbed route, which
previously had turned back
six male expeditions

The tounsm munistry said

four climbers also were
slightly injured as well as

five Sherpa guides and
porters.

“The mishap = occurred
when a snow avalanche
swept Griffith imto a

crevasse near Camp Two,
which was at 5,600 meters,”

for those who

wome.

extra activities. Instead of
going out on a Friday night

and getting loaded or
something, I just go and ride
and hang around the bam
with the kids and have a
good time,” she says.

Riding is hkely to be a
large part of Gina's hfe for
many years to come. She
hasn't yet decided whether
she'll continue with Country
Caper (now, with all bis
experience, worth about
$12,000) or buy a new,
young horse and start all
over again.

“It was so neat bringing

the ministry said.
avalanche struck Oct. 7.
It said all foodstuffs and
equipment in the camp were
swept away and the camp
completely destroyed.
The team members led by

The

Vera Komarkova, 32, a
plant ecologist from
Boulder, Colo., decided to

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is today,” she said. She'd hke

e -

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perhaps with a Western

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more suited to the English
style.

But Gina couldn't sell
Country Caper: if anything,
she'd probably lease him.

researcher predicts the
U.S.A’s cancer toll could be
cut by 30 to 40 per cent if
North Americans would
change the way they live and

After all, they've been work.
through a lot together. “The elimination of
And Caper is part of that tobacco use alone, if not

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abandon

their expedition — said.
three days after the accident Dhaulagin is called the
and are now making their “mountain of storms"

way back to base camp.
They are not expected back
in Katmandu until the last
week of October.

“The imjured climbers are

because of the 60 mph winds
that lash the mountain from
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